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Chapter 19 Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that
a)
slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished.
b)
protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the West.
c)
slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories.
d)
abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished.
e)
slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional.
 

 2. 
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin
a)
intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
b)
was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
c)
comprised the recollections of a long-time personal witness to the evils of slavery.
d)
received little notice at the time it was published but became widely read during the Civil War.
e)
portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.
 

 3. 
Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as
a)
a firsthand account of slavery.
b)
a success only in the United States.
c)
a romanticized account of slavery.
d)
having little effect on the start of the Civil War.
e)
a powerful political force.
 

 4. 
As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners
a)
found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme.
b)
vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy.
c)
rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and slavery.
d)
would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
e)
sent guns to antislavery settlers in Kansas ("Beecher's Bibles").
 

 5. 
When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments
a)
realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular.
b)
concluded that they must end slavery in their own territory.
c)
decided to give aid to the slaveholding South.
d)
banned the book.
e)
distributed the book as anti-American propaganda.
 

 6. 
Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were
a)
African Americans.
b)
southern planters.
c)
northern Republican abolitionists.
d)
western farmers.
e)
nonslaveholding southern whites.
 

 7. 
In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as
a)
territory governed by the Missouri Compromise.
b)
slave territory.
c)
geographically unsuitable for slavery.
d)
too close to free states for slavery to be practical.
e)
a test for slavery in wheat-growing areas.
 

 8. 
In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, ____ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and ____ was/were associated with the antislavery free-soilers.
a)
Beecher's Bibles; border ruffians
b)
John Brown; Preston Brooks
c)
the Pottawatomie massacre; the sack of Lawrence
d)
the Lecompton Constitution; the New England Immigrant Aid Society
e)
Stephen A. Douglas; William Sumner
 

 9. 
In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with
a)
the arrival of John Brown.
b)
an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders.
c)
the influx of a large number of slaves.
d)
the establishment of evangelical abolitionist churches.
e)
the passage of the Lecompton Constitution.
 

 10. 
The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas
a)
be free of all slavery.
b)
hold a popular referendum on slavery.
c)
be controlled by the free-soilers if approved.
d)
allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions.
e)
protect slave owners already in Kansas.
 

 11. 
The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.
a)
abolitionism
b)
free soil
c)
popular sovereignty
d)
slavery
e)
cotton growing
 

 12. 
The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
a)
the seriousness of political divisions in the North.
b)
the importance of honor to northerners.
c)
despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct.
d)
passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
e)
the division between the House and the Senate over slavery.
 

 13. 
The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was
a)
popular sovereignty.
b)
expansionism.
c)
proslavery.
d)
abolitionism.
e)
nativism.
 

 14. 
Nativists in the 1850s were known for their
a)
support of Native Americans (Indians).
b)
support of slavery.
c)
opposition to old-stock Protestants.
d)
anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.
e)
opposition to alcohol and Sabbath-breaking.
 

 15. 
In the presidential election of 1856, the Republicans
a)
revealed astonishing strength for a brand-new party.
b)
lost behind their most popular leader, Senator William Seward.
c)
made their debut as the most successful third party in American history.
d)
proved unable to present a clear platform on slavery expansion.
e)
finished third behind the Democrats and the Know-Nothings.
 

 16. 
As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because
a)
of innate liberalism.
b)
the Democrats presented excellent candidates.
c)
many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South.
d)
the Democrats were the only national party.
e)
All of these
 

 17. 
In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court
a)
freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise.
b)
denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories.
c)
essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
d)
tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds.
e)
argued that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.
 

 18. 
As a result of the panic of 1857, the South
a)
became more economically dependent on the North.
b)
became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market.
c)
believed that it was economically superior to the North.
d)
began planning for an independent southern nation.
e)
saw the need to develop manufacturing.
 

 19. 
As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates
a)
Lincoln was elected to the Senate.
b)
Lincoln's national stature was diminished.
c)
Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency.
d)
Illinois rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.
e)
Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate.
 

 20. 
Stephen A. Douglas argued, in his Freeport Doctrine, during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that
a)
the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional.
b)
slavery would stay down if the people voted it down.
c)
no matter what the people wanted, the Supreme Court was law.
d)
Congress should reopen the Atlantic slave trade.
e)
a new version of the Missouri Compromise was needed.
 

 21. 
After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that
a)
the raid was an isolated incident.
b)
the U.S. army could not protect slavery.
c)
Brown should be put in an insane asylum.
d)
Brown had been attempting to defend his right to own slaves.
e)
the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans.
 

 22. 
Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party's position on the slavery question.

A.Abraham Lincoln1.extend slavery into the territories
B.Stephen Douglas2.ban slavery from the territories
C.John Breckenridge3.preserve the Union by compromise
D.John Bell4.enforce popular sovereignty
a)
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
b)
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
c)
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
d)
A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
e)
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
 

 23. 
The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in
a)
Atlanta, Georgia.
b)
Montgomery, Alabama.
c)
Richmond, Virginia.
d)
Knoxville, Tennessee.
e)
Charleston, South Carolina.
 

 24. 
"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that
a)
southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union.
b)
his duty was to protect federal installations from assault.
c)
the election of 1860 was a fraud.
d)
southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union.
e)
the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union.
 

 25. 
Secessionists supported leaving the Union for all of the following reasons except
a)
they were dismayed by the success of the Republican party.
b)
they believed that the North would not oppose their departure.
c)
the political balance seemed to be tipping against them.
d)
they were tired of abolitionist attacks.
e)
they believed that Republicans had been infiltrating their political ranks.
 



 
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